Papal Message for World Mission Sunday [2008-07-24]
                   
zenit.org     Jul 24, 2008          

"Servants and Apostles of Christ Jesus" VATICAN CITY, JULY 24, 2008 .- Here is Benedict XVI's message for the 82nd World Mission Sunday, to be celebrated Oct. 19. Dear Brothers and Sisters, On the occasion of the World Mission Day, I would like to invite you to reflect on the continuing urgency to proclaim the Gospel also in our times. The missionary mandate continues to be an absolute priority for all baptized persons who are called to be "servants and apostles of Christ Jesus" at the beginning of this millennium. My venerable Predecessor, the Servant of God Paul VI, already stated in the Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Nuntiandi": "Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity" (n. 14). As a model of this apostolic commitment, I would like to point to St Paul in particular, the... [read full story]                    


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